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VOL. 45
‘DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1935.
No. 13
POST
SCRIPT
RETURN
METER
ARTICLE
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Not that any one moticed it particul-
arly but we didn’t get around to writ-
ing any Post Scripts for last week’s
paper, In fact last week we didn’t have
much time to do anything but enjoy
the new meter the water company put
in.
It’s a rather clever contraption they
stick on a pipe and by lifting the metal
lid you can read just how many gal-
lons of water you've consumed. By
‘Wednesday we’d pushed ’er up to 178
gallons and were just hitting our stride.
We're a victan or mechanical lag.
Somehow the rest of the world got
about fifteen years ahead of us in its
understanding of gears, dvnamos, and
piston rings. That's why most any
kind of an automatic device provokes
a kind of awed wonder in us, Unless
they're pretty simple we shy away from
them. “Better leave it alone” we say
to ourselves, remembering several em-
barrassing incidents when we didn’t
But there’s nothing really complicat-
ed about the water company’s meter.
It’s fool-proof. Sturdy and staunch—
its little figures clicking off the con-
sumption with a gay efficiency. Of
course some of the novelty has worn
off mow—but we certainly have the
water company to thank for the swell
fun we had watching it work last week.
—Q—
As. far as we can recall, we've never
“divulged : a source of confidential infor-
mation, but’ people persist in sending
us harmless little notes and veiling
them in the most guarded anonymity.
This one, for instance, postmarked
“Wilkes-Barre”:
LA Suggestion
| Why not call the Back Mountain Sec-
tion
Mt. Blue Ridge
Progress.
‘Well, why not?
: Rida
Fred M. Kiefer and Jimmie Gansel
have written a story about Sir Malcolm
Campbell's speed trials at Daytona
Beach in Florida. It will appear in
this month’s issue of The Wyoming
Valley Motorist.
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Arthur Lee, who once ran a Kelly
press for us and who used to write
stories for us about life in the English
army during the World War, stopped in
to see us this week on his way back
home to Toledo, O., from New York
City, where he had been buying a new
press. “Arch” has charge of a battery
of lithograph presses in a big Toledo
plant and the chances are that he
superintended the printing of those
dials on your car's instrument board.
(ST By
The explanation for the splendid pub-
licity on the Shavertown Men’s Club
minstrel is that Maurice Chait, adver-
tising manager for the Triangle Shoe
Stores and one of the smartest public
relations men in this section, has
moved back to Shavertown and is
turning a hand to help the club publi-
cize its show.
Eo
Very few people remembered that
John Yaple ever had a pompadour un-
til we used that picture of him last
week, Incidentally, we have a number
of old pictures which we might keep
out of the paper for a consideration,
: Or
Tt had been a tough winter for that
tiny brown animal huddled in a clump
of dried weeds.
The fox that lived in that territory
bad been hungry. A dozen times that
tiny rabbit had managed to elude the
swifter fox and reach, with bursting
heart and lungs, a familiar burrow.
It hadn’t been only the fox she had to
fear, Hawks menaced her by day, owls
by night.
But she had to find food and fobd is
mighty scarce when all is brown and
‘sear, Little to eat but bark.
Now it’s spring. She is thinking
about those little naked bodies for
which she knows she soon must find a
nest.
She doesn’t venture out until dark-
ness falls, She travels further afield
than usual. She reaches a strange
hard surface and ventures across, A
pair of great eyes, blinding her own,
bear down upon her.
Before she can move life is crushed
out.
“phink I got him,” a motorist boasts
to his companion.
And that is what the Game Commis-
sion calls a human being just a little
lower than—not a dog—a cur.
School Board Opens
Bids For 5 Bus Routes
A special meeting of the Dallas
Township school board was held in the
high school building on Monday night,
with president C. J. Eipper presiding.
Bids for the five bus routes were re-
ceived, with the following results:
Route 1, 8 miles, Allen Wilson, $113
per month.
Route 2, 8.6 miles.
per month.
Route 3, 6.4 miles.
per month.
Route 4, 6.7 miles.
per month,
Route 5, 9 miles. Frank [Hess,
per month.
Successful bidders must furnish
$1,000 bond; have insurance for $50,000
liability and $5,000 property damage.
Secretary Russell Case presented let-
Ted Wilson, $111
C. Besteder, $113
R. J. Eipper, $125
$119
ters and questionnaire from Harrisburg |
regarding the proposed addition to the
school, but no definite action will be
taken until the regular meeting
A spirited campaign being carried
have daylight saving time adopted this
in this section this week concerning th
men if the valley communities agree to
ing towns decide to use daylight saving
most be compelled to adopt the same sy
ness men and commuters.
DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME WINS FAVOR
Concensus of opinion here seemed to be that if Wilkes-Barre and surround -
as — ——
on in éWyoming Valley in an effort to
summer evoked considerable discussion
e action to be taken by local business
the plan.
time, Dallas and its vicinity will al-
stem to prevent confusion among busi-
No definite agreement has been
reached in the valley but the plan is
being pushed by several service clubs
and has received the indorsement of
the Wyoming Valley Chamber of Com-
Although there is some opposi-
daylight system,
particularly among men ‘working in
the mines, it seems likely now that it
will be adopted.
Most Eastérn cities make a yearly
practice of putting the clocks ahead
one hour for the summer period. The
chief advantage of that system is that
people have one hour 'more of daylight
after work for recreation or work about
the garden.
Thé majority of persons who were
questioned here this week were home-
owners who would welcome daylight
saving time. One borough official said
Le had no personal choice in the mat-
ter but that he believed in fairness to
people who commute to Wilkes-Barre
each day the communities in this sec-
tion would be compelled to follow the
example of the valley towns.
It is likely that the business men
will hold a meeting to discuss the
summer schedule of hours when it is
known definitely what business men in
the valley plan to do. e
Laketon Seniors
Rehearse Comedy
merce,
tion to the saving
Miss Dunn Directs Play To
Be Given At Lake
On April 3
The Senior class of the Laketon High
School will present the “Arrival of
Kitty”, a three-act comedy by Norman
Lee Swartout, on Wednesday, April 3.
Miss Margaret M. Dunn is the director.
This comedy has been successfully
produced on the professional stage
more than 5,0005times and over 1,500
times by amateurs, It is one of those
rare and really funny plays with each
part a star part. Jane, Mr. Winkler’'s
niece, is ably portrayed by Ruth Delong.
Clyde Mayer has the lead role as Bob-
bie Baxter, Jane’s lover. Mr. Winkler,
his sister-in-law, Jane and her maid
Suzette are played by Dean Kocher,
Helen Koslofsky and Helen Sorchik.
Harold Mayer, as Ting, the bell-boy is
on the hop in all acts, being assisted by
Theodore Karlisham, as Sam, the col-
ored boy. Basil Lord as Benjamin
More and Iva Bronson, as Kitty, the
actress, furnish laughs and excitement
in abundance as you follow them from
one climax to another.
The student committee includes Jack
Covert, Victor Nienius, Harvey Hebron,
Elmer Deater, Arlo Meeker, Eunice
Koslofsky, Helen Shannon, Ruth Birth,
Pearle Garnett and Margaret ‘Walters.
Parents and friends of the students |
are invited to witness the play which |
will commence at 8. The proceeds will |
be used to defray the expenses of their |
Washington trip.
ling, a sophomore from Dallas Borough
| High school,
[that Bell was the rightful inventor.
Shavertown Men To |
Stage Annual Show
1935 Minstrels Will Be Giv-
en Friday Night,
April 5.
Shavertown Men's Club, which last
vear produced a minstrel of profes-
sional calibre, ‘announces a new min-
strel production to be given on Friday
night, April 5, at Kingston Township
High School. A particularly fine
chorus of 60 male voices, the well-
known Imperial Glee Club of Wilkes-
Barre, and a number of feature comics
and soloists have been rehearsing dili«
gently for this gala event, which is ex-
pected to attract a large audience.
The Shavertown Club, composed
largely of men who take a prominent
place in the industrial and commercial
life of the valley, each year goes to
great lengths to produce a minstrel
which compares favorably with the ef-
forts of professional performers. Last
year’s minstrel was so enthusiastically
received that many men of exceptional
talent have offered their services. for
this year’s production.
Under the direction of David Joseph,
such well known minstrel stars as the
following have been enlisted to aid in
the success of this gala effort: Reg
Lacey, Ray Everett, Jim Jones and
Morgan Williams, star endmen; two
extremely talented youngsters, Mae
Lacey and Eddie Adolph, will take the
spotlight in newly created dance and
song features; Howard Appleton, well-
known Kingston Township School Dir-
ector, in the role of interlocutor, will
provide an able foil for the clowning
of the blackface comics.
The featured soloists are William
Geyer, Arthur Evans, David Harris,
Lou Jones, Don Hutchison and E. V.
Davis. Each of these men possess fine
voice and have been heard often in
various singing festivities.
The annual show has come to be re-
garded as a big event in the way of en-
tertainment for those who reside in and
around the mountain community. A
reputation for uniformly good produc-
tions has resulted in many talented
Wyoming Valley persons volunteering
their services.
Oratorical Contests
The Luzerne County oratorical con-
test for boys will be held in Forty Fort
High School on April 3. Robert Flem-
will compete. Christine
Ruggles, a senior, will represent the |
borough high school in the Girls’ Con-
test, to be held on April 12.
remit opi in
Alexander Graham Bell obtained the
| patent upon his invention of the tele-
| phone on March 7, 1876, and it has been
called the most valuable single patent
ever issued. On the same day another
inventor, Elisha Gray, applied for a
similar patent, but later it was decided
Four Roman soldiers are standing
offered, but Jesus did not drink it. He
clarity of His mind until His mission
beside the Saviour and in them we see
ward Him even today. The one scoffed
found a rich reward.
Matthew and Mark speak of these as
“robbers”. There were many such
bands of robbers—literally thousands.
The Jews cherished a “passion zealous
for Isreal’s freedom.” They hated Rome
under whom they were a subject people
They believed that any deed against a
Roman citizen was justified. This at-
titude was fallow ground for all kinds
of Jewish sin. These two had fallen a
prey to his malicious attitude and
Rome was ‘making speedy work of
them.
I like to think that the penitent rob-
ber had been reared in a good Jewish
home and that now he sees in the mid-
dle figure beside him, something that
reminds him of what the prophets said
and that His patience and goodness
was like the Messiah, Whom he was
taught to believe would come some
day. But let's hear these ‘ruffians”
speak, The one speaks tauntingly., He
realizes that enmity against Jesus and
that if he too shows the same spirit,
he may receive some favor or mercy at
their hands, But not so the other. He
knows that he is guilty and deserves
his punishment. He dares, in the pres-
ence of his crucifiers to open his mouth
and declare Jesus innocent. He would,
before his own death, reverse the deci-
sion of the Jewish and Roman courts in
the presence of their officers. As
though dressed in ermine robe of a
governor, he says; “This man hath
done nothing amiss,” and crowns his
| Thou comest into Thy kingdom.”
oni
statement with one of the prayer gems
of literature, “Lord remember me when
The gracious reply of Him, Who had |
THE IMMEDIACY OF PARADISE
“Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43.
Prepared by Rev. Calvin P. Swank, D. D.
myrrh prepared by the women of Jerusalem out of kind and humane spirit was
‘represented a quiet spot with trees and
by the cross. The potion of wine and
would do nothing to interfere with the
was accomplished. Two criminals are
the two divergent attitudes of men fto-
and made light, the other believed and
now become to the penitent robber a
Saviour, wag “Today shalt thou be with
me in Paradise.” It sounds so like our
Lord’s previous words, “In my Father's
house there are many mansions.” Para-
dise was a Persian word which meant
garden. The Jews understood it well, It
a mild and pleasant climate tempered
by quietly rippling water. It was a
place of rest when the dav’s work was
done. The garden of Josepll, into which
Jesus was later laid, was near. The
sight of it reminded our Lord of that
perfect heavenly garden. So the Sa-
viour seems to say to the robber whose
heart, by faith had been changed; “To-
day, just as soon as our tortured bodies
give us release, you shall go with me
to a beautiful place of rest”.
Like all of our Lord’s assurances, it
is intimate, immediate, and infinite, It
is not a question of where or what is
Paradise. Anywhere, anything . that
places us by His blessed side is Para-
dise. The bride cares not particularly
where her beloved husband goes nor
the condition of the country. Her hap-
piness is in His presence. All that we
need to know is that we shall be “with
him”. And it is always today in that
“Land of pure delight
‘Where saints immortal reign
‘Where infinite day excludes the
night
And pleasures banish pain.”
This is Paradise. Its garden gate is
open to. you.
(Next week Dr. Swank’s subject
‘will be “Mother and Son.”)
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: celebrate
. IN SHAVERTOWN
Reg Lacey, one of the star end
men in the minstrel show to be
presented by Shavertown Men’s
Club on Friday night, April 5, at
Kingston Township High School.
MINSTREL SHOW
Eddie Adolph, one of the talented
youngsters -. who will appear in
dance and song features at the
Shavertown Minstrel Show. The
juvenile star has an enviable repu-
tation,
SUTTON HIGHEST SCORER IN
INTER-SCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
Lehman Takes Honors With
And Record Of No Defeats; Kingston Township In
Second Place; Borough Third
Lehman High School’s championship basketball team garnered the majority
of honors in the season just ended, a stat
High Scores, Championship,
istical compilation made by Homer Nel-
son, coach of the Dallas Borough High School quintet, shows.
Besides maintaining a record unmarred by defeats, Lehman gave the lea-
gue its high scoring player and piled up
Sutton Is Leader
Chester Sutton of Lehman scored a
total of 106 points. Walter Schuler of
Kingston Township High School was
second with eighty-nine points scored.
The next eight leading scorers were:
Disque Lehman
Deater Laketon
Loveland RKTT. TH.S.
‘Whitesell Lehman
Millard Beaumont
Traver Beaumont
Lyne X.O0.H. S,
Hemingway D. T. H. S.
Besides scoring the greatest number
of points, Lehman Township high
school also had the least mumber of
points scored against it.
"Phe record follows:
Team
Lehrhan
Ke HL,
Dallas Boro.
Laketon
Beaumont
Dallas Twp.
The standings of the
énd of the season:
‘Won
10
Scored Against
325 180
261 206
219 182
197 223
169 242
132 265
teams at the
Ss.
»
Pct.
1.000
.800
.600
.200
.200
.200
Lost
Tone 0
KTH. S,
a Boro.
Laketon
Beaumont
Dallas Twp.
See Need For More
Construction Jobs
Unemployment Council Has
Meeting At Kingston
Township
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DO DOD
Urging the necessity for more road.
construction projects in Kingston
township to put the unemployed to
work, sixty members of Kingston
Township Branch No. 22 Unemployed
League of Luzerne county met Wed-
nesday night in Kingston township
Grade school building.
Members of the League pointed out
the need for better roads in the towmn-
ship and stressed the importance of
putting local men to work building
them rather than bringing men in
from other districts to work on such
projects,
By-laws which were recently drafted
for the Kingston Township Branch of
the Unemployed were given their first
reading.
There was also some discussion con-
cerning the postmastership in Trucks-
ville. A committee of the League was
appointed some time ago to investigate
charges that the recently appointed
postmaster holds two other lucrative
occupations. This, the League believes
is not in accord with the Federal Gov- |
ernment’s expressed intention. of
spreading the jobs. Certain members
of the League pointed out that the
postmistress recently displaced in
port a family and that since the ap-
pointment of the new postmaster has
no job.
Jonah Coming Up
“The World’s Jonah Coming Up”, a
message of timely interest, will be de-
livered by Harry Rundell at the Nox-
en Bible Tabernacle on Sunday, March
31, at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Rundell has re-
turned from evangelistic duty in Ber-
wick, and a good-sized crowd is ex-
pected to welcome him.
80 Years Old
C. C. Shiber of Washington Street,
Wilkes-Barre, was honored guest at a
dinner at the home of his nephew, Ray
Center Hill Road, Dallas, to
Mr. Shiber’s eightieth birth-
iday.
the gretest number of offensive points.
KD mene
High School Nines
Consider Schedule
Baseball Practice Gets Under
Way; Season To Open
May 3
Balmy weather this week permitted
high school baseball players from local
leagues to begin practice for the 1935
season.
A tentative schedule, announced by
Calvin McHose, president of the Bi-
County Inter- Scholastic league, fol-
lows:
May 3, Lehman at Dallas Township,
Dallas Borough at Beaumont,
May 10, Dallas Borough at Kiu fon
Township, Beaumont at Dallas Town-
ship.
May 17,
Borough,
man.
May 21, Lehman at Monroe Town-
ship, ‘Kingston Township at Dallas
Township.
May 24, Lehman at Dallas Borough,
Monroe Township at Kingston Town-
ship.
Teachers’ College
Glee Club Concert
Dallas Township at Dallas
Kingston Township at Leh-
Male Chorus To Sing At
High School On
April 2
The Male Glee Club of Bloomsburg
State Teachers’ College will give a con-
cert at Dallas Borough High School
next Tuesday night, April 2. The con-
cert will be sponsored by the Senior
Class of the high school and the re-
ceipts will be used to defray expenses
of the Seniors’ Washington trip.
There are twenty four men in the
club, which is directed by Miss Harriett
Moore. Miss Moore directed the con-
cert given by the club here last year.
There will be no ticket sale but an of-
fering will be taken.
The concert will be the only one giv-
en by the glee club in this vicinity.
NE a ee. ee§y§fH “it
Tom Thumb was the professional
name of Charles S. Stratton. He was
born at Bridgeport, Conn., January 4,
1838, and died at Middleboro, Mass.,
July 15, 1883. His parents were normal.
The child, however, ceased to grow in
height at seven months. He was 28
inches tall.
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RELIEF DELAY
SLOWS PLANS
FOR ROUTE 92
Finance Difficulties At
Harrisburg Darken
ACTION DEMAND
Pennsylvania's difficulties in raising
money to mate Federal relief appro-
priations aref{being watched y
groups interestéd in having Route 92,
between Dallas and Tunkhannock, Tex
constructed this year.
Unless the State can produce funds.
to support the Federal Relief Program
that appropriation will be cut and
Pennsylvania will be unable to carry on
its road improvement program, confi-
dential sources at Harrisburg said this
week.
Differences of opinion between Gov-
ernor Géorge Earle and the Republi-
i can-controlled Senate are the chief ob-
stacle in the way of the fund-raising
program.
When a group of local men inter-
viewed Warren Van Dyke, State Secre-
tary of Highways, several weeks ago
Mr. Van Dyke promised that the high-
way, or part of it, would be construct-
ed this year of the Federal appropria-
tion is made and if the State is able to
raise money to match that appropria-
tion,
Farmers Arrange
For Group Sales
Co-operative Marketing
Plans Adopted
Her B
On Saturday {morning FZETIe
County Agricultural Extension ASso-
ciation’s Office, a group of representa-
tive potato growers from the different
communities in Luzerne County met
and perfected a County Organization.
Waldron Frederick of Conyngham
Boro was ‘elected chairman of this
meeting and also to be the county head
of the purchase, of the potatoes.
Under the plan that wag adopted in
Luzerne County, the growers are re-
quested to telephone the chairman in
each respective community or in adja-
cent communities, giving their name
and address and the number of bushels
of potatoes they would like to sell un-
der this plan. This information should
be sent to the following chairman in
the various communities not later than
noon, Friday, March 29th. :
As soon as a county estimate of the
number of potatoes available for sale,
these chairman will meet and deter-
mine a quota for each community and
a pro rata share for each grower in the
community.
The general plan is that the potatoes
will be graded co-operatively in each
community at a central grading plant.
From this point the potatoes will be in-
spected and each grower selling pota-
toes will be responsible for his pota-
toes being delivered to a central ware-
house in Wilkes-Barre,
Potatoes must grade U. S. No. 1 and
will be inspected by a representative of
the Bureau of Markets, Department of
Agriculture at no cost to the grower.
The price is 69c¢ per hundred pound
sack, delivered to Wilkes-Barre, The
sacks are returnable to the farmer at
the time of. delivery or at such time
within sixty days as he may call for
same. It is expected that the purchase
of these potatoes will be started in
about ten days.
The following were elected to act as
chairmen for their respective communi-
ties:—A community may embrace sev-
eral adjoining townships.
Briggsville and Hobbie — Clemon
Smith, Nescopeck; Fred Hess, Nesco-
peck,
Huntington Mills — H. B. Larner,
Huntington Mills.
Muhlenburg — E. B. Vosler, Hunlock
Creek, 'R. D.
Lehman and Jackson — Alfred Rice,
Dallas, R. D. .
Carverton and Dallas—J, B. Schooley,
Trucksville, R. D.
Conyngham Valley — Waldron Fre-
derick, Conyngham.
Black Creek — Clyde Zehner, Sugar.
loaf,
(Continued on Page 4.)
FIRST NIGHTERS ACCLAIM BIG
BENEFIT FIREMEN’S SHOW AS HIT
A capacity audience applauded~tfie cast of “Aren’t We All” enthusiastically
pany
Although the plot was a humorous
one and the action itself compelled in-
terest, the chief interest in the produc-
tion centered about the great number
of local persons who took part. The
audience, composed largely of friends
and relatives, greeted the actors and
actresses with clamorous applause and
appeared to extract the maximum of
enjoyment from the play.
A great many impromptu episodes,
injected by members of the cast to liv-
en up the dialogue, provoked a great
deal of amusement.” The good-natured
jokes on local people were particularly
well-received.
Generally, the play was recognized as
the finest ever given by the local com-
pany. Much of the credit for the suc-
cess was given to Mrs. Arlene Rood,
the director.
No estimate could be made of the
receipts but it expected that the pro-
F f h
Trucksville is a widow who had to sup- | as the first per ormanee=ot ‘the 1935 Benefit Show of Dr. Henry M. Laing Com-
bE iil night in Dallas Borough High School.
“The comedy will be repeated tonight in the high school.
duction will also be one of the most
profitable to the company and that it
will receive a sizable sum for current
expenses and for its proposed building
fund.
The firemen, under the direction of
their committee chairman, worked es-
pecially hard on the production this
year. Aside from sponsoring the show
and arranging its details, the volunteer
firemen published an interesting and
valuable souvenir program which net-
ted an appreciable sum.
. James Besecker, general chairman,
last night expressed his gratitude to all
persons who appeared in the show, to
business men who helped, and to all
others who contributed to the success
of the production.
Tonight's performance will be the
final one.